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Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2025 10:46 am
Don’t Get Distracted By Decoys
At one point as I stood there paying attention to my bobber, I started watching the two ducks that were in the pond. I was having this peaceful moment of waiting and noticed how calm and still these ducks were. I turned to David and said, “Those are some chill ducks.” He laughed and said, “Babe, they’re not real.”
What?! I needed to know and understand why these decoys existed. My curious nature started to kick in. I started asking questions about the ducks, like “How do they stay so still in place?” and “Are they weighted?”
Regardless of why these decoys existed (to attract other ducks), I had become distracted by them. Once again, my eyes and brain had wandered off the bobber and goal. And of course, I lost another potential catch!
David’s son decided to move his line near me, and my oman telegram data next declaration was, “Don’t move into my territory.” I became protective of my turf because it was evident that there were fish in that spot since I clearly kept losing them. We all laughed. I think he wanted to join in on the coaching. Earlier, from a distance, he had shouted out what I was doing wrong when trying to reel in my fish and had given me some pointers.
Our day of fishing was coming to an end because it was time to go home for dinner. Everyone had accomplished their goal of catching at least one fish, except me. Someone asked when we were leaving and David said, “Gina still needs to catch one.” My first reaction was, “Thanks, no pressure.”
Cast Your Line One More Time
As I previously mentioned, I knew the probability of my success was about 10%. The metrics proved it based on the number of times I had cast my line. But I couldn’t walk away until I cast one more time before calling it a day. It wasn’t a day of defeat, but a day of exercising my mindset muscles, improving my fishing skills, and practicing appreciation.
I could have very easily faced my discomfort of baiting my own hook, but it was something I could delegate, thus freeing me up to focus on the more impactful task at hand. I’m now ready for my next fishing expedition on water AND land!
At one point as I stood there paying attention to my bobber, I started watching the two ducks that were in the pond. I was having this peaceful moment of waiting and noticed how calm and still these ducks were. I turned to David and said, “Those are some chill ducks.” He laughed and said, “Babe, they’re not real.”
What?! I needed to know and understand why these decoys existed. My curious nature started to kick in. I started asking questions about the ducks, like “How do they stay so still in place?” and “Are they weighted?”
Regardless of why these decoys existed (to attract other ducks), I had become distracted by them. Once again, my eyes and brain had wandered off the bobber and goal. And of course, I lost another potential catch!
David’s son decided to move his line near me, and my oman telegram data next declaration was, “Don’t move into my territory.” I became protective of my turf because it was evident that there were fish in that spot since I clearly kept losing them. We all laughed. I think he wanted to join in on the coaching. Earlier, from a distance, he had shouted out what I was doing wrong when trying to reel in my fish and had given me some pointers.
Our day of fishing was coming to an end because it was time to go home for dinner. Everyone had accomplished their goal of catching at least one fish, except me. Someone asked when we were leaving and David said, “Gina still needs to catch one.” My first reaction was, “Thanks, no pressure.”
Cast Your Line One More Time
As I previously mentioned, I knew the probability of my success was about 10%. The metrics proved it based on the number of times I had cast my line. But I couldn’t walk away until I cast one more time before calling it a day. It wasn’t a day of defeat, but a day of exercising my mindset muscles, improving my fishing skills, and practicing appreciation.
I could have very easily faced my discomfort of baiting my own hook, but it was something I could delegate, thus freeing me up to focus on the more impactful task at hand. I’m now ready for my next fishing expedition on water AND land!